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    "ocrText": "January 29th, 1929.\nMr.H. M. Armstrong,\nThe Radium Extension Service,\n185 N. Wabash Ave.,\nChicago, Ill.\nDear Mr. Armstrong:\nYour order for 60 -- 10 microgram ampoules\nwent forward yesterday.\nYour connection with an employee of the\nUnited Press, who feel that he is in a position to give radium\nfavorable publicity, is of interest. However, upon careful analysis\nof the situation we don't believe our position has altered materially\nfrom that advised you in the past.\nThere is no way of stopping the publicity which\nis go ng to result from the the conditions of the five cases, as they\nprogress. The general public's curiosity has been thoroughly aroused\nrelative to these girls, and inasmuch as the press is anxious for\nnews of general interest they are naturally going to follow these\ncases quite closely. We have three additional suits pending at the\npresent time the course of which we cannot fortell at the moment.\nYou may rest assured that we are handling these matters in a manner\nwhich we consider most expeditious from the standpoint of the general\ndistribution of radium.\nThere is no question but what all of this publicity\nhas very materially effected the internal use of radium, and while we\nare extremely sorry about this situation, still we don't feel that at\nthe moment we would be justified in actively endeavoring to counter-\nact same without being able to back such propaganda up by clinical\nevidence. There is nothing to be gained by the mere exchange of\nwords and ideas or speculations relative to this entire situation.\nWe must all admit that this is a pioneer field and that we are not\nequipped with as much definite knowledge as we would like to be. As\nsoon as you open up a publicity campaign it merely gives the opponents\nan opportunity to fire back at you, and personally I cannot see where\nthere is one single thing to be gained by such a procedure. We\nbelieve that by maintaining a conservative policy, and putting forth\nour earnest endeavors to bring forth all the possible facts connected\nwith this situation, that in time the matter will clarify itself, and\nthe opinion of the general public will be put to rights.\nWe realize that our position in this matter may\nseem a little hard from your standpoint at times, but after all we\nPage -2-\nmust all make sacrifices for the benefit of the industry as a whole.\nLet us assure you that we have explicit confidence in your\nhonesty and methods of doing business, and that we stand ready at\nall times to assist you in every way consistent with good business\nprinciples.\nVery truly yours,\nVice President.\nHHBarker:RH"
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